Press Association honors Covington News

The Covington News captured five first-place awards and won second place in general excellence, an overall quality award, in its division in the 2012 Georgia Press Association awards contest. The newspaper won a total of 13 awards.

"It’s always a great honor when your peers honor you. The awards are a testimony to the hard work of our newsroom staff,’’ said T. Pat Cavanaugh, general manager of The News. "We’re very proud of our first-place award in local news. After all, that’s what we are all about.’’

The News won both first-place and third-place awards in investigative reporting. First place went to a selection of Gabriel Khouli’s stories that included coverage of campaign accusations and travel expenditures of public officials, and Amber Pittman won third place for her coverage of issues surrounding prostitution complaints and investigations.

Sports editor Bryan Fazio won two awards, second place for sports column and third place for a sports photo.